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MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Great American Steamboat Company's American Queen arrived in its home port of Memphis today after her first voyage up the Mississippi River since 2008. The U.S.-flagged steamboat was welcomed to the revitalized Beale Street Landing marking the return of overnight cruises on the great rivers of America's heartland and the continuation of the Delta Queen Steamboat Company legacy. (Photo:...
MARTHA'S VINEYARD, Mass., Oct. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2005, thousands of fans of the Universal Studios' movie JAWS© flocked to the island of Martha's Vineyard to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the blockbuster movie at JAWSFEST(TM) '05. Since the day the inaugural event ended, fans have been clamoring for more. In August 2012, JAWS© fans will get what they've been asking for at JAWSFEST(TM): The Tribute. An event in the making for nearly seven years, JAWSFEST(TM): The Tribute...
By Mary Jo McTammany She's a lady with a past, a glorious, glittering, golden past, languishing inconspicuously on the St. Johns River, tethered to a pier at Green Cove Springs' Clay County Port in the Reynolds Industrial Park. Originally, she was christened the Arctic Ranger and was nearing the end of her worthy and perilous workhorse career as a Canadian fishing vessel in 1987 when her future took a dramatic change. She was purchased by a group of marine treasure hunters led by the...
By Steve Cahalan, La Crosse Tribune, Wis. Jul. 22--The American Queen steamboat will make the first of this year's 14 scheduled visits to La Crosse from 1 to 5 p.m. Thursday, during a trip from St. Louis to St. Paul. The public is invited to help local dignitaries welcome passengers and crew members as they get off the boat at Riverside Park and to help bid them farewell when they depart. The Grand River Singers will perform in the park from 4 to 5 p.m., said Clarissa Bates, La Crosse...
